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Nov
18

Presbytery Advent Bible Study

Join Us for a Journey Through the Christmas Story

We are excited to announce a three-week Presbytery Advent Bible study, which will take place via Zoom. These sessions are scheduled from 19:30 to 20:30 on the evenings of 18 and 25 November, and 2 December.

During this study, we will delve into the Christmas story through the perspectives of Luke and Matthew. Our discussions will explore not only the nativity narrative but also the events that unfolded after the initial excitement of Jesus' birth had subsided.

The study will be guided by: Christine Colliar, Sia Van Den Bremt, and David Lloyd.

To participate, please send an email to David Lloyd at dlloyd@churchofscotland.org.uk.

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Nov
21

Taizé service

We hold our Taizé service each month together with our friends from the Roman Catholic Chapel. 

The Taizé service is a short meditative service, inspired by and with music from the Taizé community. It will be followed by some time for fellowship and refreshments. 

The service will be held in the English Reformed Church.

Order of service.

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Nov
25

Presbytery Advent Bible Study

Join Us for a Journey Through the Christmas Story

This is the second session of a three-week Presbytery Advent Bible study, which will take place via Zoom. The last bible study is scheduled on the evening of 2 December.

During this study, we will delve into the Christmas story through the perspectives of Luke and Matthew. Our discussions will explore not only the nativity narrative but also the events that unfolded after the initial excitement of Jesus' birth had subsided.

The study will be guided by: Christine Colliar, Sia Van Den Bremt, and David Lloyd.

To participate, please send an email to David Lloyd at dlloyd@churchofscotland.org.uk.

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Nov
26

Women's Fellowship

Please join us for our Women’s Fellowship. We have a potluck dinner together, a devotional and a time of sharing and prayer.

For details, contact Peggy Krol: peggy.krol@erc.amsterdam.

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Nov
30

Workshop - Aventure

Aventure

Christopher Kale, Irene Sorozábal - voice

Marco Magalhães, Fumitaka Saito, Ita Hijmans - recorders

Workshop - Sing-& Play-in

Women's Christmas Music from the 15th Century

In 15th-century Holland, it was mostly women who performed, preserved and passed on Christmas music. Music that was connected to a European network and typically Dutch carols about Mary, the Nativity, the Cradle and the Winter Cold, which gave voice to the imagination of these 15th-century women.

Intimate lyrics about cradling, nurturing and cherishing the Christmas baby; loving fantasy about the accommodation and entourage: the Christmas music of these women sounds like a pure, tangible and appealing Christmas story in the 15th-century church of the Amsterdam Begijnhof.

The Sing-& Play-in is designed to introduce you to this 15th-century repertoire, an afternoon of wonderful singing or playing from the distant legacy of 15th-century women.

Under the direction of Aventure: Marco Magalhães (Play-in); Ita Hijmans (Sing-in)Zing & Speel-in

Time 14:00 – 17:00 uur

Costs €35 (incl. A drink and sheet music)

Information & Application aventure.ensemble@gmail.com www.aventure-ensemble.nl/agenda

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Nov
30

Concert - AUK Kamerkoor

AUK Kamerkoor

Alfrun Schmid, conductor

A program of early English choral music by Byrd, Gibbons, Morley, Purcell.

William Shakespeare, perhaps the most brilliant playwright of all time, was known for alternating poetic outpourings and psychological insights with downright vulgar jokes and pranks in his plays. The first two have proven to be timeless; the ambiguities of the latter nowadays usually have to be explained. These two aspects also characterize that other English genius, Henry Purcell. We sing his dignified, deeply felt works about faith and mortality as well as a series of scandalous canons in which all sorts of lesser bodily functions are discussed. In addition, this program consists of a variety of works by sixteenth and seventeenth century compatriots of Shakespeare and Purcell. Is there a better location for this than the English Church?

TICKETS: €15 at the door or via Ticketkantoor

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Dec
1

Concert - AUK Kamerkoor

AUK Kamerkoor

Alfrun Schmid, conductor

A program of early English choral music by Byrd, Gibbons, Morley, Purcell.

William Shakespeare, perhaps the most brilliant playwright of all time, was known for alternating poetic outpourings and psychological insights with downright vulgar jokes and pranks in his plays. The first two have proven to be timeless; the ambiguities of the latter nowadays usually have to be explained. These two aspects also characterize that other English genius, Henry Purcell. We sing his dignified, deeply felt works about faith and mortality as well as a series of scandalous canons in which all sorts of lesser bodily functions are discussed. In addition, this program consists of a variety of works by sixteenth and seventeenth century compatriots of Shakespeare and Purcell. Is there a better location for this than the English Church?

TICKETS: €15 at the door or via Ticketkantoor

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Dec
2

Presbytery Advent Bible Study

Join Us for a Journey Through the Christmas Story

This is the last session of a three-week Presbytery Advent Bible study, which will take place via Zoom.

During this study, we will delve into the Christmas story through the perspectives of Luke and Matthew. Our discussions will explore not only the nativity narrative but also the events that unfolded after the initial excitement of Jesus' birth had subsided.

The study will be guided by: Christine Colliar, Sia Van Den Bremt, and David Lloyd.

To participate, please send an email to David Lloyd at dlloyd@churchofscotland.org.uk.

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Dec
8

Concert - Slavuj

‘Kleuren van de ziel’ - ‘Colors of the Soul’

Slavuj presents a concert of songs from the Balkans and countries around the Black Sea.

Ivo Boswijk, conductor

TICKETS: €18 / €13 CJP and under 12 Reservations via: www.slavuj.nl or with the QR

If the concert is not already sold out, tickets will be available at the door. PIN payments are possible.

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Dec
10

Women's Fellowship

Please join us for our Women’s Fellowship. We have a potluck dinner together, a devotional and a time of sharing and prayer.

For details, contact Peggy Krol: peggy.krol@erc.amsterdam.

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Dec
13

Carols by Candlelight

Please join us in the church for a

Traditional Service of Nine Lessons and Carols.

The Order of Service and a Brief History of the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols will follow.

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Dec
14

Cooking at the Kloof

With a small group of volunteers we will be cooking lunch for 45-80 homeless people in the city centre of Amsterdam.

Would you like to take part in this creative, culinary experience and get to know, or catch up with, other volunteers?

Please send an e-mail to Giles Francis at gilesf@telfort.nl for more information.

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Dec
14

Concert - Grandstand Project Koor

Grandstand Project Choir

Under the direction of Adriaen van der Veen we will perform classical polyphonic choir works. The main work of this concert is the Magnificat by Antonio Vivaldi. We will also sing works by Buxtehude and J.S. Bach. Traditionally we will conclude with well-known and lesser-known Christmas carols from all over the world.

TICKETS: €15 at the door or via: Grandstand

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Dec
14

Concert - Slavuj

Kleuren van de ziel’ - ‘Colors of the Soul’

Slavuj presents a concert of songs from the Balkans and countries around the Black Sea.

Ivo Boswijk, conductor

TICKETS: €18 / €13 CJP and under 12 Reservations via: www.slavuj.nl or with the QR

If the concert is not already sold out, tickets will be available at the door. PIN payments are possible.

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Dec
19

Concert - Quadriga Quartet

Q-Mas with Quadriga Quartet

Quadriga Quartet sings polyphonic traditional and modern winter songs. The four singers bring a sophisticated mix of beautiful and unknown melodies with intriguing harmonies, exuberant vocal ornaments and complex interweaving of voices from countries such as Bulgaria, Corsica, Georgia, Greece and Ukraine.

Before the concert, Quadriga offers a short singing workshop for singing enthusiasts.

19:00 – short singing workshop

20:15 – concert

TICKETS : € 15 (concert) - € 20 (workshop + concert) Reservations: contact@quadrigaquartet.nl

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Dec
22

Concert - Aventure

Aventure

Anventure

Christopher Kale, Irene Sorozábal - voice

Marco Magalhães, Fumitaka Saito, Ita Hijmans - recorders

Ave Domina -

Women's Christmas Music from the 15th Century

In 15th-century Holland it was mostly women who performed, preserved and passed on Christmas music, music that was both connected to a European network and typically Dutch. These were carols about Mary, the Nativity, the Cradle, and the Winter Cold, which gave voice to the imagination of these 15th-century women.

Ave Domina shows the strength and charisma of this intimate women’s Christmas music right up to the present time. With male and female voices, the vocal and instrumental music blend fluently: a sparkling 15th century Christmas experience.

Christmas music from: Manuscript Berlin 190 (Low Countries, c. 1480); Ms Nijmegen IV 84 (cloister Soeterbeeck, c. 1497-99); Ms Utrecht 16E34 (IJssel Valley, 1450-1500); Ms Koning (Holland, c.1500), carols from the international 15th century network and instrumental arrangements.

15:15 - Start of program with an introduction by Dieuwke van der Poel; 16:00 Concert begins.

The tickets include the introduction, a drink, and the concert. There is no interval during the concert.

TICKETS: €27,50 / €10 (under 30/stadspas/CJP) available at the door or via presale: klassiekemuziek.nl

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Jan
19

Concert - Horizon Ensemble

Horizon Ensemble

return in January to the English Church for a delightful and varied program of music by Mondonville, Couperin, Handel, and Balbastre.

TICKETS: available at the door €17,50 / €5 (students)

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Nov
16

Concert - Kamerkoor Amsterdam

When We Were Children

We are a new choir in Amsterdam! For singers who once started with student choirs, and are looking for the next step.

In this very first project we look back together on the past: our childhood, youth, and other things we have left behind. Think for example of a former choir, a beautiful friendship or perhaps a parental home. This can make you feel nostalgic, but it can also be a reason for us together to raise a toast to the present and the future.

Fokko Oldenhuis, conductor

With music by Lang, Gjeilo, Kreek, Pärt and Rutter

TICKETS: €15 / €8 discount at the door or via: https://digitalekaartverkoop.nl/evenement/when-we-were-children/

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Nov
12

Women's Fellowship

Please join us for our Women’s Fellowship. We have a potluck dinner together, a devotional and a time of sharing and prayer.

For details, contact Peggy Krol: peggy.krol@erc.amsterdam.

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Nov
10

Concert - Iber Trio

IberTrio “Do Atlântico ao Mediterrâneo”

“From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean”

The IberTrio is a classical trio composed of:

Nuno Meira - violin

Américo Martins - cello

Isolda Crespi Rubio - piano

IBERTRIO won the Annual Diamond Prize and the Annual Grand Champion for chamber music at the European Classical Music Awards.

More information and tickets:

https://www.q-art.nl/events/q-festival-2024-10-nov-ibertrio-do-atlantico-ao-mediterraneo/

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Nov
9

Cooking at the Kloof

With a small group of volunteers we will be cooking lunch for 45-80 homeless people in the city centre of Amsterdam.

Would you like to take part in this creative, culinary experience and get to know, or catch up with, other volunteers?

Please send an e-mail to Giles Francis at gilesf@telfort.nl for more information.

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Nov
6

Bible Study

All are very welcome to join our ERC Bible study, led by our locum, Rev John Bell.

For details visit our ‘Get Involved’ page (Bible study) and contact Peggy to receive the relevant materials and link to participate.

This will be a hybrid bible study, you can join at the Manse or via zoom.

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Nov
3

Worship Service

Please join us in the church for a service of worship. This service includes a celebration of the Lord’s Supper.

For those wishing to join the service online, you can follow the live-stream here.

Liturgy sheet will follow.

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Nov
2

Free Concert - Evoke and VU Chamber Choirs

Evoke Chamber Choir

VU Chamber Choir

Evoke Chamber Choir from London and the VU Kamerkoor (Chamber Choir) join together for a concert in the English Church. Each choir will be performing its own program and the two will be joining up to perform a small number of pieces together as one choir. The program will consist predominantly of international choral repertoire from the 19th and 20th centuries, additionally featuring some examples of baroque and folk music.

FREE entry. A voluntary collection will be taken at the door.

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Oct
22

Women's Fellowship

Please join us for our Women’s Fellowship. We have a potluck dinner together, a devotional and a time of sharing and prayer.

For details, contact Peggy Krol: peggy.krol@erc.amsterdam.

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Oct
17

Taizé service

We hold our Taizé service each month together with our friends from the Roman Catholic Chapel. 

The Taizé service is a short meditative service, inspired by and with music from the Taizé community. It will be followed by some time for fellowship and refreshments. 

The service will be held in the English Reformed Church.

Order of service.

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Oct
13

Concert - Horizon Baroque

Baroque in the Begijnhof

The Horizon Ensemble

comprises 3 internationally renowned musicians who live, perform and teach in the Netherlands, who are specialized in the performance of early music on historical instruments. They play with humour, tenderness and virtuosity.

Kate Clark – flute, Cassandra Luckhardt – viola da Gamba and Kathryn Cok – harpsichord

This programme includes French and German solo- and trio-sonatas from the high Baroque, combining the warm sound of the wooden flute known to Bach, with the rich voice of the viola da gamba and the brilliance of the harpsichord.

Music by Bach, Telemann, Marais, Couperin and Forqueray. Beautiful music in an intimate setting. A complementary drink and chocolate are included.

TICKETS: €17,50 / €5 (students)

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Oct
12

Cooking at the Kloof

With a small group of volunteers we will be cooking lunch for 45-80 homeless people in the city centre of Amsterdam.

Would you like to take part in this creative, culinary experience and get to know, or catch up with, other volunteers?

Please send an e-mail to Giles Francis at gilesf@telfort.nl for more information.

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Oct
11

Free Lunch Concert - Kevin Ayesh, piano

Kevin Ayesh

American pianist Kevin Ayesh has presented concerts and master classes throughout the United States (he has performed in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia), as well as in Canada, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, and Hong Kong. As a North Carolina Visiting Artist for four years, he appeared before thousands across that state, performing as many as 50 recitals in a season.

In 2022, Ayesh was the featured guest artist at the 43rd Dr. Sharyn Edwards Piano Festival in North Carolina; he has also recently appeared as guest recitalist and clinician at the Lindlar International Piano Festival in Germany, the Star Valley Junior Music Festival in Wyoming, the Gene Marcus Piano Festival at Purdue University-Fort Wayne, and the USA Piano Camp at the University of South Alabama.

Ayesh has appeared three times as concerto soloist with the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra, twice with the Brevard Philharmonic Orchestra, twice with the Asheville Chamber Players, and also with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra, the Blue Ridge Orchestra, the 4 Seasons Chamber Orchestra, the Wichita Community Orchestra, and the Maryland Youth Symphony Orchestra, performing such concertos as Mozart's K. 466, K. 467, and K. 488, Beethoven's 2nd, 3rd, and Choral Fantasy, Brahms' 1st, Rachmaninoff's 2nd, Clara Schumann’s Op. 7, and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.

Ayesh is the recipient of many prizes, including the Naftzger Piano Award, Baltimore Music Club Award, and Winner of both the JCC Baltimore Piano Competition and the Maryland State Music Teachers' Elizabeth R. Davis Memorial Piano Competition. He has been a finalist in several national and international competitions, was awarded Second Prize at the Wideman International Piano Competition, and captured both Third Prize and Composer's Prize at the New Orleans International Piano Competition.

Program:

Bach - Prelude in Fugue in G-sharp Minor - Well Tempered Clavier I,

Beethoven - Sonata in B-flat Major Op. 22

Brahms - Intermezzo in A Major Op. 118 No. 2

Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue

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Oct
8

Women's Fellowship

Please join us for our Women’s Fellowship. We have a potluck dinner together, a devotional and a time of sharing and prayer.

For details, contact Peggy Krol: peggy.krol@erc.amsterdam.

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Oct
6

Concert - Collegium Musicum Amsterdam

Zingen tegen de verdukking in -

Singing against Oppression

Collegium Musicum Amsterdam

o.l.v. Anthony Zielhorst

Programma: a cappella koorwerken van William Byrd:

Mass a 5 voices
Tristitia et anxietas
Ne irascaris & Civitas Sancti Tui
Tribue Domine - Te deprecor - Gloria Patri
Miserere Nostri
Libera me et pone me
Plorans plorabit

Singing against oppression – The sung works are alternated with dialogues, such as those which could have taken place between Byrd and important people in his life. Byrd's choral works have an exceptional expressive power. The melodies are clear, giving the listener the impression that he could easily sing along. The structure, the interweaving of the five or more independently moving voices, fits together perfectly. Byrd's work therefore stands solidly but also opens up broader musical vistas. There is a colouring, a harmony, by which the composer not only translates words and images into music, but also directly conveys an emotion. This is, even more than in other music, not so much aimed at an individual listener, but also intended for a group that intensely needs togetherness, in this case through singing. That Byrd's times were difficult is an understatement. Freedom of belief and expression of faith were hard to find. The community of which Byrd was a part lived under constant pressure. As a result of this oppression, people fled because of their faith, and services of worship could only be celebrated in hiding. England had exchanged the Church of Rome for its own state church. Openly declaring your faith could cost you your head. Nevertheless, Byrd unabashedly wrote music for the Roman Catholic Church in order to encourage and to share the faith. In many of his motets, Byrd refers to texts that are connected to what happens when people are confronted with captivity, terror, oppression and threats everywhere. Coming to terms with yourself and praying for forgiveness are recurring themes in the music. But, of course, there are also moments of enlightenment and relief.

TICKETS: FREE entry; voluntary collection at the door.

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Oct
5

Concert - TIEN

“Wie fremd ich geworden bin” - How Strange I Have Become

is the central theme of the program that TIEN is presenting this autumn, led by Hebe de Champeaux. This theme comes from a cycle of four poems by Herman Hesse. The composer Andries van Rossem set these poems to music on behalf of Tien.

“How Strange I Have Become” is about the longing for the past, for peace and for unity and connection, in a world where confusion, alienation, powerlessness and despair reign. A world in which man himself is the cause of evil. The First World War had a major impact on the life of Hermann Hesse, as well as on that of Hubert Parry, who lost many loved ones. We sing two of his Songs of Farewell. Samuel Coleridge Taylor lived at the same time as Parry. His Sea Drift is about a test of strength between man and nature. Doherty's The Destroyer also has natural violence as its theme, but it can just as easily be seen as a metaphor for the destructive power of man. Miks ma ei tapa ennast by the Dutch composer Diederik van der Laag refers to the despair of an Estonian politician who passionately defended his mother tongue against the Russification of his country in the 1980s. With “Wie fremd ich geworden bin,” TIEN presents a committed and current program in which spectacle and tranquility alternate.

TICKETS: €18,00 / €16,00 Stadspas; CJP; Student

At the door or via: https://www.vocaal-ensemble-tien.nl/

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Sept
24

Women's Fellowship

Please join us for our Women’s Fellowship. We have a potluck dinner together, a devotional and a time of sharing and prayer.

For details, contact Peggy Krol: peggy.krol@erc.amsterdam.

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